The decision has been made and Portugal will have 299 new parishes, but there are more Colos and Vale de Santiago, in Odemira, will lose territory to the new Bicos municipality. To be the letter of law, Parliament's approval will have to be ratified by the President of the Republic.
No district Beja, list of parish unions (UF) or parishes that will be disaggregated or cede territory so that extinct parishes can be restored to the situation they were in before the administrative reform of 2013:
Aljustrel: Union of Parishes of Aljustrel and Rio de Moinhos, Almodovar: Union of Parishes of Almodôvar and Graça dos Padrãos and Union of Parishes of Santa Clara-a-Nova and Gomes Aires, Ferreira do Alentejo: Union of Parishes of Alfundão and Peroguarda and Union of Parishes of Ferreira do Alentejo and Canhestros, Moura: Union of Parishes of Safara and Santo Aleixo da Restauração, Odemira: Parish of Colos (cedes territory to restore the extinct parish of Bicos) and Parish of Vale de Santiago (cedes territory to restore the extinct parish of Bicos), Ourique: Union of Parishes of Garvão and Santa Luzia and Serpa: Union of Parishes of Vila Nova de São Bento and Vale de Vargo.
Who will survey the assets and employees of the parish unions that will be disaggregated?
After approval by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, and the publication of the bill in the Official Gazette, the parish unions to be extinguished will have 30 days to appoint the extinction committee. This commission is responsible for discriminating the goods, the rights, the obligations and employees to be transferred to each parish to be replaced. This inventory must be approved by 31 May by the bodies of each parish union.
How will the distribution of assets and assets between the new authorities be carried out??
The extinction commission will propose the distribution of assets and employees among the new parishes that will emerge after this year's municipal elections. The bill, approved on the day 17 January in Parliament, provides for the proportional distribution of assets, rights and obligations “depending on the number of voters and the area of ​​the respective parishes”. It will also take into account the location of the assets to be divided. In the case of employees, that will maintain the “fullness of acquired rights”, the current “place of work” or the current “place of provision of contracted services” will be taken into account. The final transfer maps must be approved by the extinction committee by the next day 15 June, and the parish assembly must ratify it by the day 30 this month.
What is the entity that prepares municipal elections and the installation of a new executive, who will leave this year's vote?
The extinction commission will propose the distribution of assets and employees among the new parishes that will emerge after this year's municipal elections. The bill, approved on the day 17 January in Parliament, provides for the proportional distribution of assets, rights and obligations “depending on the number of voters and the area of ​​the respective parishes”. It will also take into account the location of the assets to be divided. In the case of employees, that will maintain the “fullness of acquired rights”, the current “place of work” or the current “place of provision of contracted services” will be taken into account. The final transfer maps must be approved by the extinction committee by the next day 15 June, and the parish assembly must ratify it by the day 30 this month.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
